Is Macbeth to blame for his downfall?

Answer 1

Macbeth himself is responsible for his downfall as it was his choice to believe what the witches had prophesized. also lady Macbeth got him back on track to killing duncan when he was regretful of doing the unholy task, but once again his ambitions came into play and he killed the king. Macbeth led to his own downfall, the other characters only influenced him into doing the things they wanted him to do.

Answer 2

Six characters led in the tragic downfall of the main character. In the Shakespearean play 'Macbeth', the main character of the same name became a tragic figure. His tragedy was foredoomed by the fatal, tragic flaws within his character and that of his wife, Lady Macbeth [b. c. 1015]. The flaw that Macbeth [c. 1014-August 15, 1057] and his Lady shared was raging ambition. Additionally, Macbeth was flawed by the manipulability that particularly was glaring in his interaction with the three witches and with his wife. The fault of Macbeth and his wife was in their listening to the predictions of the witches. Friend and fellow General Banquo warned Macbeth that it didn't bode well whenever supernatural beings made their presence known to mortals [Act 1 Scene 3 Lines 122-126]. The statement was indeed accurate and applicable to Macbeth. The three witches and their supervisor, Hecate, deliberately got Macbeth's attention with promises of glorious career moves and lured him down a bloodied path that destroyed everything noble in his character and brought the entire Scottish nation to its knees. And so the tragic downfall of Macbeth was the work of six characters: Macbeth himself; his Lady; and the supernatural band of Hecate and her three witches, who weren't good witches at all.

Answer 3

You could argue this question in three ways. One: Macbeth, because of his weak character, ambition, and already having the idea of killing Duncan in his head. Two: Lady Macbeth, for pushing Macbeth to kill Duncan and getting the ball rolling. Three: The Weird Sisters, for toying with Macbeth's ambition and trust, and making him think he really could become King.

Answer 4

Yes. Macbeth is to blame for his own downfall. Shakespeare tells us this by working through the Elizabethan concept of autonomy of will, the God-like capacity for reason, which is a part of all people, and they have a choice. Macbeth had a choice to kill Duncan, Banquo and the Thane of Fife's family, even though it didn't seem like it because Lady Macbeth was so persistent and extremely ambitious that she pushed Macbeth to do these deeds and appealed to his fear of being thought a coward and unmanly, but what it comes down to is that, Macbeth had a choice all along to stop murdering others and he could have not killed anyone if he wanted, but he wanted to kill them so that he could be safe. However, he only realised the severity of what he had done when it was too late and he also realised that he had gotten no happiness whatsoever from doing all of this.

Answer 5

You can also say that Lady Macbeth and the Three witches were also a part of Macbeth's downfall, but mostly it's Macbeth himself.

Most of the actions that he had taken throughout the play, made him responsible for his OWN downfall.

The witches' prophecy had made Macbeth more ambitious, and Lady macbeth was the one who first persuaded him to kill King Duncan. However, if macbeth had not gone along with her plan, he would still have his peace of mind.

In his soliloquy in Act 1 Scene 7, he reviews the question of whether or not to murder Duncan, and he concludes, rationally, that he should "proceed no further in this business." However, his actions do not flow from a rational choice. He is bamboozled into committing the murder by his wife. However, if someone is bamboozled into buying some useless junk by a door-to-door salesman, that does not relieve them from the obligation to pay for it. Bamboozled or not, Macbeth is responsible for his own actions.

Even if it was not a rational choice, Macbeth chose his own path which led to self-destruction.

Macbeth does not show any signs of lust for power or greediness in the play. He didn't want to be king that badly and knew how hollow his ambitions were. Once he was king he had no ambition or greed to have anything further. However, his actions become less and less rational. After Macduff escaped, he vowed that he would no longer think about his actions, but just do them. He would kill anyone he thought of killing.

Which all lead to his own downfall.

Answer 6

According to the play by William Shakespeare [Baptized April 26, 1564-April 23, 1616], Macbeth [d. August 15, 1057] was killed in a sword fight with Macduff. Macbeth had had Macduff's entire family and household killed. Additionally, he had offended Macduff by having killed King Duncan I [d. August 14, 1040] and by having brought death, misery, pain, and suffering to the entire Scottish nation. But according to the historical record, Macbeth was killed at the battle of Lumphanan by the subsequent King Malcolm III [d. November 13, 1093]. Malcolm was a son of King Duncan I. Also according to the historical record, Duncan was killed in battle by his own men for having launched an unprovoked, unpopular and unjustified invasion of Macbeth's lands. And according to the historical record, Macbeth was a respected, not a tyrannical, ruler over the peoples of Scotland.

Answer 7

In the Shakespearean play, Lady Macbeth was responsible for her own death. She committed suicide, by unspecified means. Her conscience finally caught up with her. She told her husband, who was unhinged by his bloodied killing of King Duncan I [d. August 14, 1040], not to think about it. She said that playing and replaying the victim and the crime scene would serve no purpose other than to make him go mad. And that was exactly what happened to her. She lost her mind, and then her life.

Answer 8

Shakespeare, I guess. He wrote the play. OK, within the context of the play, some people would say that the witches controlled Macbeth and made him do the things he did. Others would say that Lady Macbeth controlled him and made him kill Duncan, which led inexorably to the rest of his actions. But people's actions are rarely explained by looking at them as puppets or pre-programmed robots. The person responsible for what happened to Macbeth was most likely Macbeth himself.

Answer 9

Lady Macbeth controlled her husband.

Answer 10

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